Stephan Holthoff porter

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Stephan Holthoff gatekeeper, 2019

Stephan Holthoff doorman born, Stephan Pförtner , (born October 5, 1948 in Essen ) is a German lawyer , media entrepreneur , lobbyist and politician ( CDU ).

He is the adopted son of WAZ co-owner Gisela Holthoff and a partner and spokesman for the Funke Familien Gesellschaft , which initially held 50% of the WAZ media group, but has since taken over the company. As a criminal defense attorney in several high-profile court cases, Holthoff-Pförtner gained national recognition.

Since 2017 he has been Minister for Federal and European Affairs and International Affairs for the State of North Rhine-Westphalia in the Laschet cabinet .

Studies and professional career

From 1968 Holthoff-Pförtner studied law at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg . During this time he joined the student association KDStV Hercynia . In 1971, in this capacity, he became the suburban president of the Cartell Association of German Catholic Student Associations . During this time be carried outing . After completing the first state examination in law, he became a trainee lawyer at the Essen District Court . He then founded a law firm in Essen. His focus was on criminal law. In 1990 Holthoff porter also became a notary . In 1999 he was at the Law Faculty of the University of Hannover Dr. iur doctorate. Furthermore HolthofF doorman Royal Thai Honorary Consul in Essen and was temporarily adviser to the tennis pro Nicolas Kiefer .

He gained fame among other things through his closeness to the former Federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl . In particular, the former Federal Chancellor's criminal defense in the CDU donation affair , in which he was able to cause the investigation into breach of trust for a payment of DM 300,000, made him known to a wide public. Following this mandate, Holthoff-Pförtner was part of Kohl's closer private circle. After his death, he and Kohl's second wife Maike Kohl-Richter managed the estate of the former Federal Chancellor . During Kohl's lifetime, in 2014, at his request, he had already declared that after Kohl's death there would be a foundation to look after Kohl's “intellectual and political legacy”. After being voted out of office as Federal Chancellor in 1998, Helmut Kohl himself initially provided the CDU-affiliated Konrad Adenauer Foundation with extensive reference files for their archive in Sankt Augustin . In 2010, however, he had them picked up again in order to transfer them to a foundation after his death.

Other prominent mandates of Holthoff porter included advising the then Mayor of Duisburg, Adolf Sauerland, after the accident at the Love Parade in 2010, and defending Robert Hoyzer after the soccer betting scandal in 2005 . In 2012 he took over the advice of the former Prime Minister of Baden-Württemberg Stefan Mappus in the EnBW affair .

In addition, Holthoff was a porter as President of the International Association of Sports and Leisure Facilities and as a member of the Presidium of the Caritas Association for the City of Essen e. V. active.

Politics and association activities

Holthoff-Pförtner is a member of the CDU and was an advisor to Helmut Kohl ( → professional career ) . However, he did not hold any leading political office until 2015.

After the death of Philipp Missfelders , Holthoff-Pförtner was initially commissioned provisionally with the function of state treasurer of the CDU North Rhine-Westphalia in August 2015 , and he was elected to this office in June 2016.

In November 2016 he was unanimously elected President of the Association of German Magazine Publishers (VDZ) and resigned from his position in June 2017 due to his appointment to the North Rhine-Westphalian state cabinet . He was appointed Minister for Federal and European Affairs and International Affairs by Prime Minister Armin Laschet ; He resigned his previous responsibility for the media sector after two months in order to "avoid the impression that he could not make decisions as media minister with the necessary impartiality". The background was his previous association and business activities. Since then, responsibility for the media sector has been taken over by the Prime Minister and, as in other federal states, also taken care of by the head of the State Chancellery.

Holthoff-Pförtner is chairman of the Political Forum Ruhr.

Private

Holthoff-Pförtner has been living in a registered partnership with his colleague Klaus M. Sälzer since 2013 . At the partnership in July 2013 at the Tegernsee, Helmut Kohl and the then Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle were witnesses of the partnership. Holthoff-Pförtner is a member of BVB and Rot-Weiss Essen .

Honors

Web links

Commons : Stephan Holthoff-Pförtner  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Report in the Handelsblatt
  2. ^ Report in: Berliner Zeitung , September 8, 2011
  3. ^ The new presidium of the CV student union , in: Academia 64. Vol. No. 5/6, Nov./Dec. 1971, p. 158f. (with fig.)
  4. ^ Federal Foreign Office - Thailand: Representations in Thailand
  5. ↑ Royal Thai Honorary Consulate General for North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony Welcome
  6. ↑ Master of the Scorched Earth . In: Der Spiegel . No. 20 , 2001 ( online ).
  7. ^ Article on the website of the German Bundestag
  8. ↑ Legacy of the former chancellor: Helmut Kohl's estate goes into his own foundation . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . June 22, 2017, ISSN  0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed June 22, 2017]).
  9. ↑ The Un-Responsible on spiegel.de
  10. ↑ Article and interview with Holthoff gatekeeper in the course of the court hearing ( memento of November 23, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) in the Netzeitung
  11. ↑ Homepage of the Caritas Association of the City of Essen e. V. ( Memento from August 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  12. ↑ Holthoff-Pförtner is acting treasurer of the CDU NRW , politik-kommunikation.de from August 24, 2015 (accessed June 29, 2017)
  13. ↑ NRW comes first! Press release. CDU North Rhine-Westphalia , June 2016, accessed on June 13, 2016 .
  14. ^ Presidium , Association of German Magazine Publishers ( Memento of March 12, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
  15. ↑ VDZ President Stephan Holthoff-Pförtner: flower seller, lawyer, publisher. November 7, 2016, accessed October 25, 2019 .
  16. ↑ After only seven months: Stephan Holthoff-Pförtner resigns as VDZ President and becomes NRW Minister for Europe and the Media. Report by the media service Meedia , June 29, 2017, accessed on July 17, 2017 .
  17. ↑ Prime Minister Armin Laschet reorganizes responsibility for media. In: State government of North Rhine-Westphalia. August 31, 2017, accessed September 26, 2017 .
  18. ^ Stephan Holthoff gatekeeper no longer media minister. In: Tagesspiegel. Retrieved September 26, 2017 .
  19. ↑ VDZ President Stephan Holthoff-Pförtner: flower seller, lawyer, publisher. November 7, 2016, accessed October 26, 2019 .
  20. ↑ Helmut Kohl celebrated the wedding of his lawyer. In: Bunte.de. Bunte Entertainment Verlag, July 10, 2013, accessed on July 19, 2013 .
  21. ↑ queer.de:Helmut Kohl best man at partnering , Die Presse: German former Chancellor Kohl best man at gay wedding
  22. ↑ Guido Westerwelle also celebrated. "I did it for a friend": Helmut Kohl was the best man in gay marriage , in: Focus , July 19, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Holthoff porter, Stephan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Doorman, Stephan (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH October 5, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH eat